LEADER 00000cam a22008417i 4500 001 cq2rv3tm9tb4jhvb 008 210218s2021 us ||||e|b||||001 0|eng|c 020 9780525560685 041 eng 082 00 956.9104/234082|223 084 Koa.6|2kssb/8 092 0 956.91|bengelska 100 1 Lemmon, Gayle Tzemach|4aut 245 14 The daughters of Kobani :|ba story of rebellion, courage, and justice /|cGayle Tzemach Lemmon 264 1 New York :|bPenguin Press,|c2021 300 288 pages 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 338 volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references and index 520 "The extraordinary story of the women who took on the Islamic State and won In 2014, northeastern Syria might have been the last place you would expect to find a revolu -tion centered on women's rights. And yet that year, an all-female militia faced off against ISIS in a little town few had ever heard of. The Islamic State by then had swept across vast swaths of the country, taking town after town and spreading terror as the civil war burned all around it. From that unlikely showdown in the town of Kobani emerged a fighting force that would wage war against ISIS across northern Syria as partner of the United States. In the process, these women would spread their own political vision, determined to make women's equality a reality by fighting--house by house, street by street, town by town-- the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of on- the-ground reporting, The Daughters of Kobani is the unforgettable story of the women of the Kurdish militia that improbably became part of the world's best hope for stopping ISIS in Syria. Over hundreds of hours of interviews, bestselling author Gayle Tzemach Lemmon introduces us to the women fighting on the front lines, determined to not only extinguish the terror of ISIS but also prove that women could lead in war and must enjoy equal rights come the peace. In helping to cement the territorial defeat of ISIS, whose savagery toward women astounded the world, these women played a central role in neutralizing the threat the group posed worldwide. In the process they earned the respect--and significant military support--of U.S. Special Operations Forces. Rigorously reported and powerfully told, The Daughters of Kobani shines a light on a group of women intent on not only defeating the Islamic State on the battlefield but also changing women's lives in their corner of the Middle East and beyond"--|cProvided by publisher 600 14 Kurd ʻAlī, Muḥammad,|d1876-1953 610 20 Kurdish Women's Protection Units (Organization) 610 20 IS (Organization) 610 24 Islamiska staten (organisation) 650 0 Kurds|zSyria|zʻAyn al ʻArab|xHistory 650 0 Women soldiers|zSyria|zʻAyn al ʻArab 650 0 Special operations (Military science)|zSyria 650 0 Insurgency|zSyria 650 7 Specialoperationer|2sao 650 7 Syriska inbördeskriget 2011-|2sao 650 7 Kvinnliga soldater|2sao 650 7 Kurder|xhistoria|2sao 650 7 Kurder|xhistoria|y1989-|2sao 651 0 ʻAyn al ʻArab (Syria)|xHistory, Military|y21st century 651 0 Syria|xHistory|yCivil War, 2011-|xWomen 651 7 Syrien|2sao
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